Dear MTA New York City Transit:

With utmost respect, we recommend a change in policy that allows the safe removal of passengers in need of non-life threatening medical attention from trains in transit that will allow trains to continue on schedule.

We do recognize that the MTA has already developed and implemented a rider education campaign to recommend that passengers who are knowingly ill to remain off of trains.

We request an open discussion of this issue in a public hearing before the summer months of 2009, during which the MTA would see large support for a solution to this issue.

Of note, this petition does not intend to:

-Diminish the quality care;
-Add to the liability of train crew members or the MTA;
-Negatively affect the speediness of care, or;
-Place any ill passenger in a more dangerous situation.